There are only two occasions where I could be caught singing, one would be me driving in the car, the other is in the kitchen, cooking or baking. Since I’m most positively one of the world’s worst singers, these are the only safe places for me – and ensure no collateral damage. Music CDs are the only things in our apartment, that could almost rival our cookbook count. Yes, that means I’m one of those people, that still prefer to buy the physical CD, with booklet and such, over an iTunes album. (But then I do purchase single songs at iTunes, sometimes. Especially disco tracks from the 70s and 80s.) Anyways, 2009 some fairly good music found its way into my heart.

I checked back with my iTunes library, these 2009 albums are some I especially treasure:

Tales from the Hang: I love it when my brain connects a certain kind of music inextinguishably with holidays or a weekend trip. This happened with this CD. I don’t even know the artists name, he sat there in the sun, on the stairs up to St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest and played instrumental music with an instrument called hang drum. People stopped and listened, and when he paused, Oliver asked him for a CD (which had only the hand-signed title written across). We started playing it the second we came back to our hotel room (also to check if anything was on it at all ;-) and kept playing it for the rest of our trip. The sound is hard to describe, very light and spiritual, Oliver’s mum likes it too, a perfect accompaniment to her yoga classes. She stopped counting her clients’ requests for the name of the CD…

I’m all ears for your personal recommendations – any CD you wouldn’t have want to missed last year?

I've got an album of hang music by Laura Inserra (you can get it from Magnatune) and it's amazing, a wonderful sounding instrument which is virtually impossible to get hold of. It's made enough of an impact, though, that there are people trying to make similar instruments.

Is this the hang player in Budapest?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VMY-u8ap1Q (with JM Jarre!)
His name is Norbert Pavel and I am loving this music! You know what to send me (and yes, I am aware I am very boldly requesting something!)....

I just learned about your blog from the October issue of Olive. I was on my way to read their recommended post of yours "Foodblogging Do's and Don'ts" when I stumbled on this post. I hope you don't mind this late comment.

I just started a food blog to combine my love of music with food. Like you, I sing in the kitchen!!

I have some music recommendations for you to check out from 2009 and 2010.

The Suburbs by The Arcade Fire
Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists
Winter Of Mixed Drinks by Frightened Rabbit
Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons
All Delighted People by Sufjan Stevens
High Violet by The National
Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
Yours Truly, The Commuter by Jason Lytle
Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
March Of The Zapotec by Beirut
I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight Of The Conchords

Sorry....I could go on and on. When it comes to music I get carried away. So glad that I learned about your blog.

Cheers!

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